en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1292237 Comments by maxsmommy06 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118152519.html#IDComment135534192 If every person in the US would educate themselves about organ donation and sign up to be an organ donor not only with DMV but also notify family members, put it in their living notarized will, and have a copy in their medical records there wouldn't be the wait list or amount of people dying while waiting either. I don't get a rats a## what they do with my body after I'm dead and if I can help someone even after death then why the heck not! Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:26:08 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118152519.html#IDComment135534192 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118152519.html#IDComment135534133 Having watching those close to me die wafting for an organ, I honestly believe that we should be use any and every viable organ that meets the high criteria set by the transplant teams that harvest the organs and then transplant them into waiting member of society. Should a productive member of society such as a doctor, teacher, lawyer, etc die because some people are against the whole letting a man with a death penalty do something positive with their waste of a life before their six feet under in a pine box? I think not. It is also very hard to find out the identity of the person that donated their organs to you, does it really matter who that person was or what they did for a living? Would you refuse a liver of a stripper but accept one from a nun? Or take an eye from a farmer but not from a pedophile? My point is people die every single day in this country waiting for an organ transplant. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:25:45 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/118152519.html#IDComment135534133 http://www.katu.com/news/business/118024709.html#IDComment135209650 Pandora, I Pod, XM...need I go on, people now have more control over what they listen to and when and in options much safer then (and I'm dating myself here) changing tapes or cds. Poor poor radio :( Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:04:44 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/business/118024709.html#IDComment135209650 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117699848.html#IDComment133796661 This kinda reminds me of that story in Texas where the daycare provider left the babies she was supposed to be watching alone while she went shopping, came home to discover that the house was on fire and then after those poor precious angels died she fled the country. What's wrong with people these days?? There's a reason why I pay my mom to watch my son on the days I can't work from home. I can't imagine what those poor parents must be going through right now. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:47:50 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117699848.html#IDComment133796661 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117699848.html#IDComment133796070 She posted on facebook about how she needed a new "piece" to smoke her medical pot, lost her vaporizer, computer and pants BEFORE mentioning that two of her kids died in the fire and the other one was seriously burned. What kind of mom is more worried about her bong etc then losing her kids, I wouldn't even be on facebook let alone posting S**t like that. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:43:29 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117699848.html#IDComment133796070 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117590129.html#IDComment133567653 Like I said in an earlier post I used to date a SWAT team member and they are trained to handle high stress and extremly tense situations. They never go out on a call thinking, "Oh, goodie maybe I'll get to shoot someone today." If you had someone pointing a gun at you that to your knowledge is loaded and tell them to drop the weapon and get down and they either don't drop the weapon or keep walking towards you, then woud you rather your family get a phone call letting them know you'd been killed in the line of duty because its policy to start with non lethal methods to try and subdue an armed suspect or go home un harmed and get to hear how your kids day went at school?? While it's sad that someone died, it's comon sense that if you approch anyone in law enforcement or a SWAT team member, you better be ok with the results. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:28:25 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117590129.html#IDComment133567653 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117590129.html#IDComment133564595 I dated a SWAT team member for awhile, and they are trained to shoot to eliminate the threat. In a lot of these situations unfortunatly the only choice they have is to shoot and if someone is pointing a weapon at you or one of your fellow coworkers and your attemts to talk with them rationally haven't been sucesfull then sadly this is their only choice. I just love how the shooting the other day where the 2 officers were injured had a completely different responce from everyone then one where the armed and mental ill man pointed a weapon at an officer. I'm sorry but if you point a weapon at a cop you can expect to be shot. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:06:25 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117590129.html#IDComment133564595 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117599613.html#IDComment133562305 I for one know that I'd not only feel the need to replace my shower curtains and bath poof, I'd also need a few bottles of disinfecting bathroom cleanser to clean my shower top to botttom before I could bathe my son or take a shower myself. Who knows what else he used or touched in there ick. What a foul person. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 09:50:06 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/117599613.html#IDComment133562305 http://www.katu.com/news/local/116939868.html#IDComment130830549 When my son was two, I was working in the dining room, I went to throw something away. When I walked back into the living room I heard my son crying and as I went to check on him I happened to look at the front door, to my shock he was standing on the other side of the screen door. When I opened the screen door I could see someone at the end of our driveway waving at me, (we have a really long drive way) my mom just happens to work with my next door neighbor and a few weeks later our neighbor told her that when she was on the way to the store she noticed Max standing in the bike lane watching the cars go by. She jumped out of her car and directed him back down the driveway and onto the porch. She was the person that waved at me; I put a latch on the screen door up really high so that he wouldn't do that again. We're very lucky that she found him, because I wouldn't have had any idea as to where to look for him, and we live on a busy street so he could have been hit by a car or even worse abducted. It only took him a minute to escape and make it out to the street.. Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:11:08 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/116939868.html#IDComment130830549 http://www.katu.com/news/local/116939868.html#IDComment130830504 When my son was two, I was working in the dining room, I went to throw something away. When I walked back into the living room I heard my son crying and as I went to check on him I happened to look at the front door, to my shock he was standing on the other side of the screen door. When I opened the screen door I could see someone at the end of our driveway waving at me, (we have a really long drive way) my mom just happens to work with my next door neighbor and a few weeks later our neighbor told her that when she was on the way to the store she noticed Max standing in the bike lane watching the cars go by. She jumped out of her car and directed him back down the driveway and onto the porch. She was the person that waved at me; I put a latch on the screen door up really high so that he wouldn't do that again. We're very lucky that she found him, because I wouldn't have had any idea as to where to look for him, and we live on a busy street so he could have been hit by a car or even worse abducted. It only took him a minute to escape and make it out to the street.. Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:10:46 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/116939868.html#IDComment130830504 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114843429.html#IDComment124510021 I'm glad that for once it was the criminal who was killed after a shoot out with the cops and that this time all the officers escaped injury and death. I'm getting so tired of hearing about cops who have either been injured or killed after a shoot out. In my opinion anyone who pulls a gun on a cop is an idiot and shouldn't have the right to complain or sue if it's proven that they pulled out their weapon and/or fired first without provocation. Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:45:46 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114843429.html#IDComment124510021 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114851799.html#IDComment124508908 It's true, I recently had my 07 Acura repaired after I was in an accident, and when I went to drive my car home from the shop it kept asking for a radio/navigation code before it would let me use it. Luckily the repair shop I went to was able to get the codes for my car for free and they gave me the codes in case I ever need them. The other way that the manufacture rips you off is when it comes to getting a new navigation DVD with all the updates and changes on it. When I called to order a new DVD I couldn't believe it at first when he told me it was $250!! Yet most aftermarket Navigation systems let you download the updates for free online. Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:34:02 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114851799.html#IDComment124508908 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114810314.html#IDComment124506182 I couldn’t agree more, how often do we hear about a coach of some kind, teacher, minister, priest etc either preying on the children in trusted in their care, preying on another child, or caught with child porn. That’s one of the reasons why I don't bring just anyone home. Unfortunately it is often someone in the family or close to the family that abuses the child.__Until more is known I don't think it's fair to put all the blame or any blame for that matter on the mother. People are very good at hiding their true colors until it's too late. At the same time there are people out there that shouldn’t be allowed to be parents and knowingly place their child in harm's way. Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:09:54 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114810314.html#IDComment124506182 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114810314.html#IDComment124484259 Sadly there are moms out there that get overwhelmed (it's not easy being a single mom trust me) and end up leaning on the wrong people for support. Like you said life isn't about you anymore once you become a parent. __That said I wouldn't exactly go as far as to say that you should raise your kids alone, but you have to be extremely care about who you let in. I've encountered some real creeps, apparently some men think that all single moms are desperate and will date the first guy that comes along. The fact that he didn't call 911 until she came back home should have been a huge warning sign. I have a feeling there's more to the situation then they're saying. Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:45:36 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114810314.html#IDComment124484259 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114810314.html#IDComment124484082 As a single mom I can see where your going with this but not all single moms are trashy or using drugs. In fact when I realized I was going to be a single mom I vowed that I wasn't going to be one of "those" single moms. I NEVER bring guys home unless my son is staying at my parents. I do this not only because I want to set a good example but also because I don't have to worry about some sicko sneaking into my son's room while I'm asleep. That being said I've only left my son with family and friends I've known for a long time. The only guy that’s not family that I leave my son with I've known for 6 years, I own my own business and work from home 90% of the time Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:44:20 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114810314.html#IDComment124484082 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114647584.html#IDComment124010870 LOL, I just had a flashback to the movie Friday with Ice Cube Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:16:12 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114647584.html#IDComment124010870 http://oregoncity.katu.com/content/police-crack-down-cigarette-store-selling-teens#IDComment123559196 When I lived in New Jersey back in 05 a pack of cigs being sold by one of the street vendors could cost you up to $14 plus so I can only imagine how much they're selling them for now Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:29:31 +0000 http://oregoncity.katu.com/content/police-crack-down-cigarette-store-selling-teens#IDComment123559196 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114452564.html#IDComment123418419 Amen!! Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:17:05 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114452564.html#IDComment123418419 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114452564.html#IDComment123418227 As a mom I can't imagine how horrible and heartbreaking it must be to lose your children in such a tragic way. My prayers are with the family, this is every parents nightmare. Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:15:36 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114452564.html#IDComment123418227 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114398049.html#IDComment123122792 Am I the only one hoping for a repeat of a certain scene from The Green Mile?? The sad thing is he's getting 3 hots and a cot, all be it a lonely cot, while there's a family missing their father and husband. No dad giving his little girl away, no more birthdays, Christmases etc. Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:24:23 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/114398049.html#IDComment123122792